Another of those gigs where you get paid to attend something informative and inspiring. This time in Surrey, for the launch of their Surrey Steps Up program. Attendees were treated to an overview of Surrey’s ambitious plans for directing future growth to the year 2050 in a presentation (pdf) from Don

What a privilege it was to get to listen to Judy Graves’s as she brought her years of experience advocating for homeless people to an orientation session for the 2014 homeless count volunteers in Surrey.

No, not the famous hockey player, but a device that turns kitchen scraps into food for plants. My latest video produced for Metro Vancouver highlights the official launch of a pilot project for food composting in multi-family settings. ‘The Rocket’ composter turns kitchen food scraps into high quality compost in

This article originally appeared as part of Bright Ideas Event Coordinators’ Winter 2013 newsletter. If you want an easy way to build a recurring point of contact with your client base, an informative email newsletter should be one of your priorities. Here’s some basics to get started. Email Newsletters Equal

Producing compelling promos every day can be a challenge. These examples show how a basic format provides a framework for both the producer and the viewer in delivering an effective promo that suggests the bigger issue and provides a reason to watch.

Article originally published on the Bike Europe website on Nov. 8, 2013. MONTREAL, Canada – Dorel had good news for shareholders on Nov. 7, after a disappointing second quarter. The company, whose cycling-related holdings include Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, and Sugoi, and now Brazilian bicycle company Caloi, announced that revenue for